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Proteas Test captain Elgar hopes rest has done wonders for Bavuma

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Proteas Test captain Dean Elgar is hoping middle order batter Temba Bavuma has benefited from a few weeks' break as the team leave for a three-match Test series against Australia.

The Proteas depart for Australia on Thursday for the ICC World Test Championship tour Down Under that starts in Brisbane on December 17 before moving to Melbourne from Boxing Day and Sydney from January 4.

“For now I am respecting the space he is in. I think the time off maybe has done him well. The conversations will still start with him — he just wanted a break from the game a bit and you have to respect that. “He hasn’t played a lot of cricket of late and it is up to me to get him in the right space and give him the best opportunity to go out there and play a good brand of cricket for us.”“We're playing in their home conditions and it is going to be feisty. The nature of the individuals they have in their squad is brash, bold and in your face characters, but that can work in our favour.

“What happened in the past is in the past and I am sure this series is going to be tough because playing against Australia Down Under is always tough and they are not going to make it easy.

 

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